Vector competence of Australian Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus for an epidemic strain of Zika virus.
Leon E HugoLiesel StassenJessica LaEdward GosdenO'mezie EkwuduClay WinterfordElvina ViennetHelen M FaddyGregor J DevineFrancesca D FrentiuPublished in: PLoS neglected tropical diseases (2019)
Australian Ae. aegypti are better able to transmit a Brazilian ZIKV strain than Ae. albopictus. The results are in agreement with the global consensus that Ae. aegypti is the major vector of ZIKV.